Combination purse and billfold



Aug. 22, 1950 s. HACK 2,519,456

COMBINATION PURSE AND BILLFOLD Filed Feb. 19, 1948 INVENTOR. Slow-3vHAcK Patented Aug. 22, 1950 ootenrNA'rroN rnnsn AND BELFOLD Sidney Hack,Jamaica, N. Y., assignor to Ainslee Leather Manufacturing :Corp NewYork, N. Y.

Application February 19, 1948, Serial No. 9,421

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a combination purse and billfold.

More particularly, the invention relates to a combination purse andbillfold in which the billfold has, in addition to the usual slidefastener opening, a slide fastener opening into one side of thepocketbook part of the purse.

An object of the present invention is to provide a combination purse andbillfold, of the type having a two compartment pocketbook and abillfold, all constructed in a unit, the billfold having the usual longslot for the insertion of bills or the like laterally, the slot beingcontrollable by a full length slide fastener, and in addition theretohaving a small slot opening into one of the pocketbook compartments forthe lengthwise withdrawal of a bill or bills or the like without thenecessity of unzippering the main billfold slot.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combination purse and billfoldconstructed in accordance with the present invention, partially opened.

Fig. 2 is a view with the billfold open.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 but with both of the pocketbookcompartments open.

Fig. a is a side view looking from the top of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

The combination purse and billfold i0, according to this invention,includes a frame H which has three yokes it, it and M respectively, theyoke 13 having a knob l5 and the yokes i2 and Hi having latches l6 andll for coaction therewith to hold all of the yokes together, that is, inclosed position. The yokes are hinged at it. A pocketbook is having twocompartments 28 and El is formed on the yokes, there being two centerwalls 22 and 23 partitioning the compartments, an outer wall 2 t on thebillfold side and an outer wall 25 on the other side. Walls 2225 are ofleather and are connected at their bottom or outer edges. Each isconnected at its top to its respective yoke, the two center walls beingconnected to the yoke 13.

Two long outer leather walls 26 and 21 are also secured to the yokes I2and [4 respectively. Parallel to and inside of wall 26 is a similar wall28 of imitation leather. Walls 2628 are connected together around theiredges, walls 26 and 28 both being connected to the yoke l4. Walls 26 and28 have a joined portion adjacent the rim of the yoke i l, and thisjoined portion is slitted and provided with a slide fastener 30. Wall 26is slit along one longitudinal margin thereof at right angles to theslide fastener 3i) and this slit is closed by a slide fastener 3!. Wall26, just inwardly of slide fastener 3|, is provided, at one end, withone member 32 of a snap fastener and at the other end with the othermember 33 of the snap fastener. The space between walls 21 and is notemployed.

The slit controlled by the slide fastener 30 greatly increases theutility of the combination purse and billfold, permitting the billfoldto be used as a magazine which is loaded through the slit controlled byslide fastener 3i but which is emptied through the safer and moreconvenient slide fastener 39. The placing of the slide fastener in aportion of double thickness, 1. e. walls 23 and 2G, assures long life tothe slide fastener 3t and removes any danger that it may work loose fromthe walls of the pocketbook from continual use. Furthermore, shouldslide fastener 30 be inadvertently left open, closing of the pocketbookcompartment 28 will seal it.

The combination purse and billfold is further provided with a cardpocket 3t which is formed by sewing a sheet of leather 35 to the outerface of the wall 26. In the present instance the snap fastener member33, as shown in Fig. 2, passes through the leather 35.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

A combination purse and billfold comprising a frame including two outeryokes and an inner yoke hinged together, two flexible walls secured tosaid inner yoke and a flexible wall secured to each of said outer yokes,said walls being secured together at their edges, thereby forming atwo-compartment pocketbook openable by separation of said yokes abouttheir said hinge, latches for said two compartments, an outer flexiblewall secured to one of said outer yokes and extending beyond theadjacent pocketbook Wall,

3 two parallel superposed walls secured to the other of said outer yokesand being similar in size to said first mentioned outer wall and securedthereto about their edges, said superposed walls forming a billfold, aslit in the outer of said superposed walls, slide fastener meanscontrolling said slit, said slit extending lengthwise along thelongitudinal margin of said outer superposed wall, the inner of saidsuperposed walls being secured, at its portion adjacent its said yoke,to the adjacent pocketbook wall, forming a two-ply portion, a slit insaid two-ply portion at right angles to said first mentioned slit, andslide fastener means in said two-ply portion slit whereby access to saidbillfold may be had through 1| the adjacent walls of said compartments.

SIDNEY HACK.

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